SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh on Friday restored the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for its 1.4 lakh civil servant, satisfying Congresss poll promise.

Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, likewise governed by the party, and Punjab, where AAP is at the helm, have actually currently rolled out the old pension plan.

Himachal 3rd Congress state to bring back OPSHimachal Pradesh became the 4th state to restore the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for 1.36 lakh civil servant on Friday, fulfilling Congresss survey pledge to them in the extremely first conference of the new Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu cabinet.Hundreds of employees screamed Sukhu Zindabad and danced to drum beats in the freezing cold as word got out that the cabinet meeting, which was still underway in the secretariat, had actually cleared the return of their pension scheme of choice after 20 years.

Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, both governed by Congress, and Punjab, where AAP is at the helm, have actually currently presented OPS for their staff members.

In Himachal, employees will have the choice to choose in between OPS and the contributing National Pensiom Scheme (NPS).

The clamour for a return to OPS was one of the main election planks for Congress in HP, with the majority of state civil servant believed to have actually played an important role in the party unseating BJP.

NPS Employees Associations state president Pradeep Thakur, who had led the movement for OPS, hailed the CM for keeping Congresss word.